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(ModeL) H. J. LEHMAN.

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No. 234,414. Patented Nov. 16,1880

N.FETERS, PNOTO-LITMDGRAPHER, WASHINGTON D C warren STATES HERMAN J.LEHMAN,

PATENT @FFTQE.

on NEW YORK, N. Y.

POCKET-BOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,414, dated November16, 1880.

Application filed May 14, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN J. LEHMAN, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements relating to Pocket-Books, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to pocket-books, and has for its object theprotection and strengthening of the book. I accomplish this by placing aframe over the top and allowing it to extend as far down the ends as maybe desired, or it may go all the way round the book. This frame isfastened to the top flap or cover, and, extending down the ends, issecured by a stay clinched to it and running in between the thicknessesof material composing the central wall of the book. When the frameextends entirely around the book it may lie either inside or outside ofthe cover at the bottom. On the ends of the book the frameis providedwith guides, through which passes a strap, which can be used as a handleor pushed down out of the way.

In the drawings, the accompanying figures form a part of thisspecification, and-represent what I consider the best means of carryingout the invention.

Figure 1 is an end view of a pocket-book of my improved construction.Fig. 2 is a corresponding side view. Fig. 3 is a central verticalsection lengthwise of the pocket-book, the handle or movable band beingremoved; and Fig. 4 is a section at right angles to that shown on theline 00 w in Fig. 3.

Similarletters of reference indicate like parts in all the figures.

A is the frame secured to the book B. The frame is struck from a pieceof metal, and has fasteners a struck down to clinch upon and hold theseparate piece or cover-flap.

C is the cross-stay, which passes through openings in the frame at theends of the book, and is clinched or otherwise suitably fastened. Itpasses between the folds of the central division-wall of thepocket-book. It may extend entirely across from end to end, or it may belet into the folds of the wall only a short distance from either end andsuitably'fastened. Either of these forms embodies myinvention. When theframe is placed entirely around the book this cross-stay may bedispensed with and the frame be fastened at the ends near the top toprevent its being twistedaround and oft of the book.

(ModeL) The fasteners a are passed through the parts to which the frameis to be secured, and bent over to form the fastening.

The frame, between its edges, is preferably covered with a strip ofleather to correspond in appearance with the cover of the book.

The guides g are placed upon the frame at the ends near the top of thebook, and through them passes the strap S, which, when pulled up,answers the purpose of a handle. To the ends of the strap are attachedstops 8, which prevent the strap from beingjpulled ioutof place.

\Vhen it is not desired to use the strap S as a handle it can be pusheddown out of the way, and a hook, 8, may be used to hold it in place byengaging with the lower end of the frame or with a projection providedfor the purpose.

The frame is particularly adapted to be used upon books which open onboth sides, and its utility in giving them strength and preserving theirform is great. It makes a book much lighter and neater than thosez whichhave a clasp and jaws extending and opening entirely or even partiallyaround, and at the same time it is quite as strong.

The usefulness of my frame may, for making very cheap work, be attainedin some degree by riveting the frame A, or clinching projections like adirectly to the leather of the pocket-book at the bottom.

I am aware that pocket-books have been made with a sliding handle movingin guides at the end of the book, and I lay no claim to such.

What I claim is 1. In a pocket-book having interior walls and chambersand an outside stiffening-frame. the cross-stays G, passing in betweenthe interior wall of the book, as set forth.

2. In a pocket-book, the frame A and crossstay U, the former extendingaround, or partially around, said book, and the latter pass ing betweenthe surfaces of one of the interior walls thereof, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at New York city, NewYork, this 12th day of May, 1880, in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

H. J. LEHMAN.

Witnesses W. P. LEHMAN, CHARLES C. Srnrson.

